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From: "Jenny Cienfuegos" <>
Subject: [GARDINER] Fw: Oxygen3 24h-365d [The W32/Badtrans.B virus continues to spread - 11/29/01]
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 21:54:51 -0700


Program to remove this virus.
Jenny Cienfuegos
----- Original Message -----
From: "Oxygen3 24h-365d" <>
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Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 5:16 AM
Subject: Oxygen3 24h-365d [The W32/Badtrans.B virus continues to spread -
11/29/01]


> - The W32/Badtrans.B virus continues to spread -
> Oxygen3 24h-365d, by Panda Software (http://www.pandasoftware.com)
>
> Madrid, November 29 2001 -- The number of infections being caused by
> W32/Badtrans is reaching epidemic proportions in some countries. The areas
> hardest hit by the virus so far are the United States, France, Portugal,
> Germany, the United Kingdom, and Scandinavia.
>
> Panda Software offers users the PQREMOVE(*) utility, free of charge. This
> tool automatically eliminates W32/Badtrans.B from infected systems. This
> application can be downloaded from:
> http://updates.pandasoftware.com/pqremove/pqremove.com.
>
> To prevent infection from W32/Badtrans.B, Panda Software advises all users
> to update their antiviruses, immediately, from the Customer Area on the
> website at http://www.pandasoftware.com.
>
> As Oxygen3 24h-365d recently reported, W32/Badtrans.B is a dangerous worm
> that spreads rapidly via e-mail. The file it is contained in has a
variable
> name, which it makes up from three separate word lists. It also installs a
> Trojan designed to steal confidential data (passwords etc.) from the
> infected machine.
>
> Oxygen3 24h-365d reminds you that W32/Badtrans.b exploits a known
> vulnerability in versions 5.01 and 5.5 of Microsoft Internet Explorer.
This
> vulnerability allows an attached file to be run through the message
preview
> pane in Outlook e-mail clients. Users with these versions are advised to
> download the corresponding patch from:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-020.asp.
>
> More information about W32/Badtrans.B is available in Panda Software's
Virus
> Encyclopedia at:
> http://service.pandasoftware.es/library/virusCard.jsp?Virus=W32/Badtrans.B
>
> (*) If you are using Netscape Navigator, follow these steps to download
the
> PQREMOVE utility: First, right-click the corresponding link, then select
the
> 'Save Link as...' option. Finally, indicate the directory to which you
want
> to save the file.
>
> NOTE: The addresses above may not show up on your screen as single lines.
> This would prevent you from using the links to access the web pages. If
this
> happens, just use the 'cut' and 'paste' options to join the pieces of the
> URL.
>
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>
> To contact with Panda Software, please visit:
> http://www.pandasoftware.com/com/pandacorp/pandaworldwide.asp
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